Afghanistan Content Report
November 16–December 6, 2024
Please note all items in this issue concern ISIS-K
Table of contents
Main points (Pro-ISIS online chatter)
Afghanistan
Pakistan
1. ISIS Al-Naba Newsletters
Edition 470, Published November 21, 2024
“As part of their war on the religion of democracy, the soldiers of the Caliphate in Khorasan Province carried out two separate attacks this week against two apostate democratic parties affiliated with Islam and inflicted seven deaths and injuries among their ranks, including three leaders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the Pakistani-Afghan border.”
“In the details, by the grace of Allah Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate assassinated on Thursday (12 Jumada al-Awwal) a leader in the political party called Jamaat-e-Islami in the village of Inayat in the Bajaur region with pistol shots. The deceased holds [sic] the position of the party’s official in the Bajaur region.
“A special source told Al-Naba that one of the crimes of this apostate was that he had caused the capture of some mujahideen and handed them over to the apostate Pakistani intelligence at an earlier time.”
“In the same context, the soldiers of the Caliphate detonated an explosive device on a gathering of the apostate political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in the village of Azam Warsak in the Waziristan region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday (15 Jumada al-Awwal).
“The explosion resulted in the death of a leader and the injury of another, in addition to the injury of four members of the party. Local media published pictures of the first moments of the explosion. These apostate parties participate in polytheistic elections, using the name of Islam to reach power.”
Edition 471, Published November 28, 2024
“This week, the soldiers of the Caliphate in Khorasan Province carried out a surprise attack against a group of the polytheistic Sufi sect, killing ten of them and wounding a number of others, including members of the Taliban militia, in the Baghlan region in northeastern Afghanistan. The Mujahideen also killed a member of the Pakistani police in an explosion in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the Pakistani-Afghan border.”
“In the details, by the grace of Allah Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate raided on Thursday (19 Jumada al-Awwal), a polytheistic shrine called Sayyid Agha for followers of the polytheistic Sayfiya sect in the town of Shahr-e-Kuhna in the Nahrin region southeast of Baghlan. The Mujahideen gathered a number of followers of this infidel sect who were present in the place and opened fire on them with their machine guns. The attack resulted in the killing of at least ten apostates, including one of their leaders, and the wounding of others. Among those killed in the attack were members of the Taliban militia, some of whose members belong to this apostate sect.
“Al-Naba obtained an exclusive image of the raid on the Sayfiya den, while local media outlets published video clips of the killing of the apostates inside al-Radhih. The Saifiya is a polytheistic sect that is attributed to their tyrant, called Sayf al-Rahman, and believes in his heinous infidel beliefs. This sect is known for its enmity towards the people of monotheism in general and the Mujahideen in particular.”
“On the other side of the border, the soldiers of the Caliphate on Saturday (21 Jumada al-Awwal) detonated an explosive device on a member of the apostate Pakistani police in the village of Mina in the Mamund area of Bajaur, which led to his death, praise be to God. Last week, the soldiers of the Caliphate in Khorasan Province had killed and wounded seven people, including three leaders of the apostate democratic parties affiliated with Islam, in two separate bombings in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan.”
Edition 472, Published December 5, 2024
2. Pro-ISIS Online Chatter
“Entertainment. A group photo taken exactly one year ago shows two leaders of the Islamic Democratic Group in Bajaur holding a banner that says ‘Security’ while they were holding a peaceful protest demanding unified efforts to provide security for the police and intelligence in the city and to fight the terrorists.
“The funny thing is that the three in the photo are not present today because all three of them were killed by the terrorists, the last of whom is [Hamid] Sufi, who appears in the photo on the right :)”
“Urgent. An explosive device exploded targeting a leader in the Islamic Democratic Scholars Party [Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam] Ijaz [Ijaz Wazir] in the Azam Warsak area of South Waziristan in Pakistan, killing him and a member of the party.”
“Update. The moment of the explosion that targeted a leader of the Pakistan Democratic Party in South Waziristan.”
“Entertainment. JI [Jamaat-e-Islami] leader Inayatullah Khan: Swat Expressway will be closed if the killers of their leader, Hamid Sufi, are not arrested within a week.
“If the killers are not arrested after a week, after consulting with central leaders, the Islamabad Expressway will also be closed.”
“Urgent. Armed attack in the Pakistani area of South Waziristan results in the death of one person and the injury of another.”
“Urgent. 13 gunmen kidnap seven Pakistani police officers in Bannu city and take them to an unknown location.”
“Urgent. An explosion rocks the sixth security zone in the Afghan city of Kabul.”
“Urgent. An armed attack from inside Afghan territory on Tajik territory targeted Chinese nationals working as managers of a gold mine in Tajikistan, which led to the death of a Chinese [person] and the injury of four others. The Tajik authorities say that initial investigations indicate a suspicion of terrorism in carrying out the operation.”
“Urgent. Militants assassinate a tribal leader cooperating with Pakistani intelligence, Malik Shodi Khel, in the Bannu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing him and four of his employees.”
“#Urgent. A gunman driving a car bomb targeted a Pakistani army site in the Bannu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa city, killing ten soldiers and wounding ten others, according to a preliminary toll. The explosion also caused the roof of the military site to collapse.”
“Monitoring. Former CIA officer [analyst] Sarah Adams, in a recently broadcast media interview, talks about some of the secret provisions of the Doha Agreement signed between the United States and the Taliban militia.
“Adams: The $40 million humanitarian aid package, which reached $87 million in recent weeks, under the title of ‘the joint war on terrorism’ is dedicated to fighting terrorists.
“Adams says that America is sending $40 million as a cover for another $47 million dedicated to fighting terrorism, which is sent weekly.
“Adams says that the money is deducted from the American people’s taxes and goes to the Taliban militia to implement our agreement with them regarding fighting terrorism, but the militia has failed to eliminate the terrorists, and the terrorists in Afghanistan have grown by 30 percent compared to the past, and the Taliban militia (Americanized as the aforementioned likes to play with words and describe the loyalists of America with this description) has relations with the al-Qaeda militia.”
Text: The Taliban Supreme Court said it had sentenced a woman in Baghlan province to a public punishment for committing the crime of “committing immoral acts or manipulating women or ‘pimping.’” Following the Taliban’s continued public corporal punishment, the group’s Supreme Court issued a press release on Saturday saying it had issued a corporal punishment to a woman in Baghlan province. The newspaper said the woman was sentenced to the punishment by the Baghlan provincial court for the crime of ‘brokering.’ The press release did not mention the woman’s identity. However, it added that the woman was lashed 39 times by the court and sentenced to six months in prison.
“Yes, this is the Sharia that the Taliban militia claims to implement. They flog a ‘pimp’ with a few simple lashes and then punish her with imprisonment. We do not know of a punishment like this in any Islamic school of jurisprudence. Unless it is according to French laws and man-made systems, it is exactly like them, and if they flog her, it is said, ‘Look, they are applying . . . Sharia.’ She will go out tomorrow and practice her role more. Then, they will talk to you about the veil.”
“Urgent. An armed ambush targeted a bus carrying Shiite settlers in the Parachinar area of the Pakistani district of Kurram, resulting in the death and injury of 35 individuals, according to a preliminary toll.”
“Entertainment. Pakistani Taliban militia condemns attack on Shiite settlers in Kurram. It is worth noting that the Shiite militia killed 12 women and children about a month ago in the same city, and the militia did not condemn the crime of the Shiite settlers.”
Text: Pakistani media reported that unknown gunmen attacked a passenger vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing 38 people and wounding 11 others. The Dawn newspaper reported on Thursday, November 21, that the attack took place in Kurram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Meanwhile, the Reuters news agency reported that all those killed in the attack were Shiite Muslims. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the attack.
“Update. Pakistani President Condemns Attack on Shiite settlers.”
“Urgent. The death toll has risen to 51 Shiite settlers and a member of the Pakistani army, and 81 settlers and two soldiers who were protecting the Shiite settlers’ convoy were injured.”
“Note. The qualitative bloody attack in Pakistan took place in an area that is not considered an area of operations for terrorists. If a statement is issued, it is a statement that includes two important events:
“The first and most important is the expansion of the presence of terrorists in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
“The second is the type of attack and their revenge, first for the children and women who were killed by Shiite settlers about a month ago, and other positive matters that will appear later.
“The other possibility is that the Sunni tribesmen of the Kurram region carried out the attack, and this possibility is slim because only terrorists dare to carry out this type of attack.
“We wait and see . . .”
“#Urgent. Armed men storm a Sufi temple in the Nahrin area of the Afghan province of Baghlan and kill 12 members.”
“#Update. A picture of the temple and a picture of one of its most prominent priests.”
“#Urgent. The Shiite Zainebiyoun militia attacks the Muslim market in the city of Kurram and kills five children and women.
“We are cowards. Wait for the response.”
“#Urgent. Pakistani Sunni tribes mobilize their youth to repel attacks by Shiite settlers on women and children in Kurram.”
“Urgent. Militants assassinate Mashal Azad, a leader of the People’s Democratic Party of Pakistan [sic], in the Gambela area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.”
“Entertainment. Shiite settlers burn Pakistani security forces checkpoints in protest of the killing of about 81 Shiite settlers yesterday in Parachinar.”
“Update. Among those killed in the attack targeting Shiite settlers in Parachinar was the Shiite journalist Janan Hussain, known for his positions against Muslims and his support for Iran.”
“Urgent. Shiite settlers flee the outskirts of Sunni villages after hearing about the mobilization of Sunni tribes.”
“Urgent. An armed attack targeted Shiite settlers during the funeral of their dead in Parachinar, which led to the death of 12 members, according to a preliminary toll.”
“Urgent. Multiple sources reported that a tribal leader loyal to Pakistani intelligence, Malik Asghar, and a police officer, Ehsanullah, were killed in two separate IED explosions in Mamund, Bajaur District.
“It is noteworthy that the area has been an operational area for terrorists for years.”
“For information. Among the dead were Taliban militia members. We should also note that the current leader of the Taliban militia is of the same religion as the targeted elements in Baghlan.”
“Urgent. Sunni youth in the Pakistani city of Kurram have attacked several Shiite villages since dawn today and have been able to take control of the villages of Irfan, Jelamai, and Chardiwar, and expel the Zainebiyoun militia, while the village of Alizai is being besieged with medium and heavy weapons and mortar shells are being used. The attacks have so far resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries among the ranks of the Zainebiyoun militia and their families.”
“Urgent. Two bodies of members of the Pakistani Taliban militia were found without heads in South Waziristan.”
“Urgent. An armed attack targeting one of the so-called Taliban militia scholars in the Bargi Matal district of the Afghan province of Nuristan.”
“Urgent. Pakistani sources: The leader of the Shiite Zainebiyoun militia in Pakistan, ‘Tehran Toori,’ was killed while fleeing from a confrontation with the Sunnis in the Badshah Kot area on the outskirts of the city of Kurram with about 40 Shiite militiamen.
“Toori is responsible for burning several villages two days ago and beheading an elderly Sunni muezzin. When he saw the Sunni gatherings, he fled with his militias, and they pursued him until they killed them.”
“Urgent. About 200 Shiites killed in attacks by Sunni youth against their villages in Parachinar.”
“Update. Local sources: Zainebiyoun militia members entered the Sunni Badshah Kot area armed with Iranian weapons and killed several Sunni children and women. When the Sunnis heard about the attack, they surrounded the militia members inside the area and killed them all, including the militia leader and about 40 members who were with him.”
“Update. A field commander in the Zainebiyoun militia was kidnapped by Sunni militants. and his body was later found dumped on the side of the road.”
“Update. Several field commanders of the Shiite Zainebiyoun militia were killed in Sunni attacks in Parachinar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.”
“Urgent. An explosive device dismantled an explosive device expert in the Pakistani city of South Waziristan and injured two of his companions.”
“For your information. God has distinguished the appearance of Shiite Hazaras in Afghanistan from Muslims. They [the Hazaras] are somewhat like East Asians. This makes it much easier to ask about births. A picture of the [militia] member that was killed in Syria.”
“Update. Local sources: After the Shiite settlers begged the Pakistani government to intervene, a cautious halt to the fighting in the district of Kurram between Muslims and Shiites. The battle resulted in the deaths of about 300 people, most of whom were Shiite settlers, including the leader of the Zainebiyoun militia, and the injury of more than 100 others. The Pakistani army is bringing in large military reinforcements to protect the Shiite settlers and deploying them along the Thall-Sada-Parachinar road.”
“Update. Initial toll. 79 Shiite dead. 32 Muslim dead, most of them women and children.”
“Urgent. A well-planned ambush kills a member of the Pakistani Shiite Zainebiyoun militia in the city of Parachinar, killing him instantly. The member is the only male among six females in his family. Or he is the seventh.”
“Entertainment. The Taliban militia, which mourned Qassem Soleimani, the destroyer of Aleppo, and held mourning councils for the dead of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and participates annually in the memorial service for Qassem Soleimani, congratulates the ‘liberation of Aleppo.’”
“Entertainment. The leaders of [Mohammed] Bin Zayed’s government, who are openly normalizing relations with the Jews, meet with the Taliban militia ambassador in Abu Dhabi.
“Watch the way the Taliban representative sits and moves—indicating smallness, humiliation, poverty, and degradation—as he speaks with Bin Zayed.”
“Urgent. An armed attack in the Pakistani city of Kurram targeted the leader of the Zainebiyoun militia, Javed Hussain, which led to his immediate death.”
“Urgent. An armed attack targeted the senior leader of the Pakistani Taliban militia, Omar Haji Rahim Bajauri [Shahid Omar Bajauri], and his three companions in a guest house in the Shaigal area of the eastern province of Afghanistan [Kunar], which led to their immediate death.”
3. ISIS Amaq/Nashir Statements
“6 killed and wounded from one of the apostate Pakistani parties in an explosion by the soldiers of the Caliphate in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“Khorasan Province. By the grace of Allah Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate detonated an explosive device on a gathering of the apostate political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in the village of Azam Warsak in the Waziristan region in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last Sunday [November 17], which resulted in the killing and wounding of six of them, including two leaders, praise be to Allah, and thanks be to Him.”
“Khorasan Province. By the grace of Allah Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate detonated an explosive device on a member of the apostate Pakistani police in the village of Mina in the Mamund area in Bajaur, which led to his death, praise be to Allah.”
“Ten killed from the polytheistic Sayfiya sect in an attack on a polytheistic shrine in Baghlan.
“Khorasan Province. By the grace of Allah Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate attacked a polytheistic shrine visited by followers of the polytheistic Sayfiya sect, including members of the apostate Taliban, in the town of Shahr-e-Kuhna in the Nahrin region in Baghlan the day before yesterday, and targeted them with machine guns, which led to the killing of ten apostates and the injury of others, praise be to Allah.”
4. ISIS-K Linked Al-Azaim Web Magazine Voice of Khorasan Issue 41, Released on November 19, 2024
Summary:
On November 19, the ISIS-K-linked al-Azaim Media propaganda group released issue 41 of the English language web magazine Voice of Khorasan. The main article condemned Hamas, claiming that they supported democracy and secular law, and criticized the group’s relationship with Iran. Another article alleged that the Taliban were controlled by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence and accused Taliban leaders of betraying their religion and failing in the global arena.
Additional articles included the story of an ISIS fighter from France who immigrated to ISIS-held territory after being released from prison in 2013, encouraged joining ISIS, and outlined the group’s various enemies. As with previous issues, the web magazine included a wallet for sending the privacy cryptocurrency Monero. The last page of the web magazine celebrated attacks on Taliban officials.
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On October 7, 2023, Hamas invaded southern Israel where, in the space of eight hours, hundreds of armed terrorists perpetrated mass crimes of brutality, rape, and torture against men, women and children. In the biggest attack on Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust, 1,200 were killed, and 251 were taken hostage into Gaza—where 101 remain. One year on, antisemitic incidents have increased by record numbers.
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